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10 Delights become not a fool; neither it becometh a servant to be (the) lord of princes.

11 The teaching of a man is known by patience; and his glory is to pass over wicked things. (Patience showeth a person’s wisdom, or the lack of it; and a person’s glory is to overlook a wrong.)

12 As the gnashing of a lion, so and the ire of the king; and as dew on herb, so and the gladness of the king. (Like the gnashing of a lion, is the king’s anger; and like the dew on the grass, is the king’s gladness.)

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10 It is not fitting for a fool(A) to live in luxury—
    how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!(B)

11 A person’s wisdom yields patience;(C)
    it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.

12 A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion,(D)
    but his favor is like dew(E) on the grass.(F)

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